Chris Carrier - Perfect Encounter (SPEC06)

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Amsterdam label Spectral Bounce recruits French club stalwart @chris-carrier-841295497 for SPEC06 — Perfect Encounter. Active since 1994, the Parisian artist has released a wellspring of records on Robsoul, Slapfunk and his own Sound Carrier recordings, parallel to his longtime career as a DJ. Characterised by swirling delays and progressive arrangements, Perfect Encounter shows the producer exploring the mesmeric corners of tech house, ideally fitted to the Spectral Bounce aesthetic.

Opener “XLR8” starts with rolling toms that make way for fluid, modulated tones; each bar ebbs and flows to the sweeping synths set in motion by Carrier. Processed with a multitude of delays, rhythmic FX boldly swish above the drums, making for an immersive soundstage. Second track “Light Side” retains the billowing echoes but moves more nimbly, cutting things back to make for a spacious and breezy number. Its croaking synths hop around the stereo field, accompanied by tight percussion and a walking bassline.

The hallucinogenic “Third Moon” sees Carrier step further into trance-inducing territory. The track’s pulsing, syncopated bass note thrums underneath an arpeggio that evolves into a heady prismatic drone. While the chugging beat is ever-present, melodic refrains rise up and evaporate like wisps of vapour, alongside a vocal that fades away as quickly as it appears. The EP’s eponymous “Perfect Encounter” dials up the tension and closes the record with a mysterious touch. Speedy 16th note patterns propel the beat, creating shifty rhythms that rattle and hiss. A rasping, gelatinous synth and squeaky detuned tones resemble extraterrestrial signals — alien morse code for an enraptured dancefloor.

Art by Susanne Janssen
Words by Cameron Leaf

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Amsterdam label Spectral Bounce recruits French club stalwart @chris-carrier-841295497 for SPEC06 — Perfect Encounter. Active since 1994, the Parisian artist has released a wellspring of records on Robsoul, Slapfunk and his own Sound Carrier recordings, parallel to his longtime career as a DJ. Characterised by swirling delays and progressive arrangements, Perfect Encounter shows the producer exploring the mesmeric corners of tech house, ideally fitted to the Spectral Bounce aesthetic.

Opener “XLR8” starts with rolling toms that make way for fluid, modulated tones; each bar ebbs and flows to the sweeping synths set in motion by Carrier. Processed with a multitude of delays, rhythmic FX boldly swish above the drums, making for an immersive soundstage. Second track “Light Side” retains the billowing echoes but moves more nimbly, cutting things back to make for a spacious and breezy number. Its croaking synths hop around the stereo field, accompanied by tight percussion and a walking bassline.

The hallucinogenic “Third Moon” sees Carrier step further into trance-inducing territory. The track’s pulsing, syncopated bass note thrums underneath an arpeggio that evolves into a heady prismatic drone. While the chugging beat is ever-present, melodic refrains rise up and evaporate like wisps of vapour, alongside a vocal that fades away as quickly as it appears. The EP’s eponymous “Perfect Encounter” dials up the tension and closes the record with a mysterious touch. Speedy 16th note patterns propel the beat, creating shifty rhythms that rattle and hiss. A rasping, gelatinous synth and squeaky detuned tones resemble extraterrestrial signals — alien morse code for an enraptured dancefloor.

Art by Susanne Janssen
Words by Cameron Leaf

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“It should feel like a dream, where you basically sort of remember what happened but you also don’t remember anything at all.”

this week we welcome belgium’s emily jeanne to the 909 podcast series with a mix that is driven both by ritualistic and lightspeed drum workouts. with a rippling undercurrent of psychedelia creating a whirlpool that is both fast and flow, these shifting gears throughout the mix is created with such pace and precision you are left with a hazy dream, trying to unpick the meaning and narratives behind it all. 

born and raised in ghent and now lives in antwerp, emily has previously done stints in paris & berlin, the latter being a city that ended up being an inspiring place in all aspects and a catalyst for a lot of creative projects that exist within her world now. emily made her first step in the electronic music scene around a decade ago when she gained access to cdjs in a local club that her brother was a resident at. locking herself in the space for hours on end to learns the ins and outs of the art of djing plus getting familiar with playing on big soundsystems, emily soon started playing out - first starting with minimal and house records before moving into the soundscapes that still ring true today. connecting with music both as a creative outlet and a refuge for her emotions, this is what drives emily’s approach to her mixes, sets and productions. it was never her intention to approach this as a career but instead her genuine interest, exploration to go deeper into world and narrative building alongside bringing together her different perspectives from working within fashion and her yoga practice, saying “the body movement is opening up a space in my mind for me to fill with music. when I hear music, I feel the need to move, to dance, but it also works the other way,” this has allowed emily to bring a distinctive approach to her artistic practice. 

it was her partner that encouraged emily to start producing which she found difficult at first as she was trying to steer things in the direction she wanted, however, in 2020 she made her production debut and has since landed on labels such as peder mannerfelt produktion, token, air texture and early reflex. taking things a step further, earlier this year emily launched her own label, quỳnh, which was founded on psychedelic club music expressions. the first release on the label, ‘call of the sea’, saw emily take her first step in this new adventurous and ambitious side of her productions which explores half step and drum & bass hypnosis and deep percussive explorations. this was recently followed up by her second ep on the imprint, ‘past through desire’, released earlier this month, which continues these deeper wormholes into the nocturnal realms. to tie in with the release, we speak to emily about the motivation and desires behind launching her own imprint, the process behind making her latest ep, first introductions to music and more.

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pi premiere: Chris Carrier - Perfect Encounter

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